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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
11d ago“When a leader bends an ethical rule for what feels like a good reason, how do you decide if it was brave or just convenient?”
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The Open Question Jun 24: What makes humans unique & valuable?
Hey y'all! This week Oracle said in its official SEC filing it replaced 21,000 jobs with AI. And last month Pope Leo XIV delivered his first encyclical arguing that the real danger of is that we start treating people, including ourselves, as products to be optimized and... - annabeth...
I Don't Have To
I’ve had an intellectual understanding that I don’t have to do things, but I’ve recently realized that it was tethered to old beliefs. "I don’t have to visit my grandmother if I’m willing to be a bad granddaughter/bad person." or "I don’t have to buy my friend a birthday present... Came across this James Baldwin clip on my Facebook feed. He said: “Love has never been a popular movement. And no one's ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.... - Benzi...
That John C. Reilly clip felt too clean
I've been seeing this interview with John C Reilly going viral and was touched by it myself. Fuck yea, empathy matters so much! Let's love and care for our fellow man.... I imagine maybe to pro-lifers "stripping reproductive rights" doesn’t resonate, anymore than "stripping killing rights" resonates for those in favor of laws against murder?... When a factory or plant shuts down, what do the workers there owe each other that the company never could?
A sudden plant closure triggers a form of grief. Some people get angry; others get quiet; some check out entirely. Because they have spent years working side-by-side, workers owe each other the grace to process that panic without judgment.... - david...
Absolutely it is ethical. In fact, I’d argue that voting when one knows they are actually voting against another candidate is the less ethical behavior.... Because "projection makes perception" and its all a dream, being ethical is an act of self-love
When thinking about everything being a dream, it's hard to see where ethics fits. If you know it's a Star Wars video game, why not play-to-win as the dark side? <-- You are separate from the video game, so this question makes sense.... - Mark Burns...
A Partially Artificial Manifesto
This post was generated by AI. Every word of it. Directed, edited, and published by me — but generated by a large language model under my instruction. I'm telling you now, in the first line, because transparency isn't a footnote. It's the foundation.... Open Question July 22: What's worth fighting to keep, and what should we let go?
Hey y'all, Wars, trillionaires, and AI everything... we're all wrestling with wild change, making decisions to try to hold on, let go, or something else. So this week: What's worth fighting to keep, and what should we let go? Privacy. Reading. Offices. Cash.... - renee...
I’m starting to question whether guilt really has value. :-O Is it really necessary to feel bad to do the right thing?? I’m feeling super resistant to it right now. We have such a variety of emotions, this one just seems so overblown as a felt sense.... - onWe have the option to see everything in your life as collaborative; we are scared to say this because we don't want to victim-blame but we're also scared of the possibilities and transcendence that opens upbymarcello...
> This feels very un-politically-correct to talk about because people immediately try to apply it to others. They misinterpret it to mean, “If someone has a shitty experience it’s their fault.” .... > The statement is about everything in *your* life, not *everyone’s* life.... - ballz2dwallz...
More People Should Die
Elderly people should be able to legally choose to end their life when they’re ready. In fact, any adult should be legally allowed to choose to die. They should be able to invite people, be present for their memorial service, and have a medical professional end their life.... Race and IQ
I recently got dinner at a hole-in-the-wall asian spot with a geneticist named Razib Khan. Over noodles, and with a concerned glance over his shoulder, he admitted that the science is clear: race is absolutely tied to IQ. Jews are the smartest.... It's time to make circumcision illegal.
Here’s the deal. I believe it’s time to abandon this outdated procedure. It’s easy to maintain personal hygiene today and have access to healthcare, which were the two, IMO, worthy arguments for allowing this procedure.... I need a new word.
I’ve been using the word autistic as a description of a state experience where, when one is in such a state, they don’t recognize subtle passive cues from others.... - annabeth...
Can we handle the truth?
If UpTrust works the way it’s intended, it will make truth more accessible. But what percentage of the population currently has the capacity to face truth? Perhaps alongside truth, the tech will make the skills for being with the truth more accessible too....